plasmodiocarp

American  

[plaz-moh-dee-uh-kahrp] / plæzˈmoʊ di əˌkɑrp /

noun

Mycology.

1. a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.

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Etymology

Origin of plasmodiocarp

First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp

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plasmodiocarp

Such a sporangium lying flat on the substratum, more or less elongated and flexuous, often branched and reticulate, is termed a plasmodiocarp.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Sporangium simple, subglobose and stipitate, the base commonly umbilicate, or sometimes sessile and plasmodiocarp; the wall a thin membrane with an outer layer of minute stellate crystals of lime.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

The fructification is a delicate netted plasmodiocarp, the tubule about .5 mm., bright red; the peridium simple, cartilaginous, dehiscent from above, and flecked with just here and there a red calcareous scale.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

The plasmodiocarp forms very much flattened irregular patches from a few to several millimeters in length or extent.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Plasmodiocarp very much depressed, roundish, oblong, much elongated and flexuous, closely crowded together and confluent; the hypothallus a thin white granulose layer of lime, scarcely broader than the plasmodiocarp.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan